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Courses

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French
  

  • FREN178 PO - Writing the Painter, Painting the Writer

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2013.
    Instructor(s): V. Duzer
    Credit: 1

    The relation between painting and literature, 1870-1939: What happens when writers and painters meet every day in cafés, fall in love with the same muses and share a similar passion for strolling through the crowd? Texts by Baudelaire, Flaubert, Zola, Mallarmé, Valéry and Proust; paintings by Courbet, Manet, Monet and Van Gogh. Prerequisite: FREN 044 PO .
  

  • FREN182 PO - Cannibalizing Surrealism

    When Offered: Spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): V. Duzer
    Credit: 1

    The evolution of the French surrealist movement from the dawn of World War I through the 1960s. How Surrealism continues to be embedded, cannibalized and commercialized today. Readings include manifestos, poems and novels. Aesthetic focus includes paintings, photographs and movies. Prerequisite: FREN 044 PO .
  

  • FREN185 PO - The Art of Modern Fiction

    When Offered: Fall 2016.
    Instructor(s): V. Duzer
    Credit: 1

    What happens when the almighty realist narrator disappears? What is new about “Le Nouveau Roman”? How can “the death of the author” keep the novel alive? Readings from 20th century and contemporary French and Francophone authors such as Proust, Sartre, Gide, Sarraute, Perec, Confiant, Modiano, Duras, Nothomb, Le Clézio. Prerequisite: FREN 044 PO .
  

  • FREN189A PO - Metro Tales

    When Offered: One-time only; fall 2015.
    Instructor(s): L. Yoshioka-Maxwell
    Credit: 1

    How has the Parisian metro become a symbolic and literal zone of regulating and policing French national identity? How are this local transportation system and its commuters, and their experience of the metro as a site of quotidian trajectories, related to the voyages of travelers coming from outside of France? This course will explore these questions in a variety of French and Francophone texts, drawing from different genres (films, novels, travel narratives, photography, etc). Moving beyond Paris, the course will have a practical and community-based component thanks to the Draper Center. Students will draw comparisons between transportation systems and the way they structure urban space and social relations in Paris and the Los Angeles area. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: FREN 101 PO  or equivalent.
  

  • FREN191 PO - Senior Thesis

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): J. Abecassis
    Credit: 0.5

    An independent research project culminating in a thesis at least 30 pages in length, written in French under the guidance of a department faculty member and read by one additional reader. Year-long course, half-credit per semester; grade and credit awarded upon completion at the end of the second semester.
  

  • FREN192 PO - Senior Paper

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): J. Abecassis
    Credit: 0.5

    Independent research project culminating in a paper at least 12 to 15 pages in length, written in French under guidance of a department faculty member and read by one additional reader. Half-course.
  

  • FREN193 PO - Senior Oral Presentation

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): J. Abecassis
    Credit: 0

    For majors, in mid-April, a 15-30 minute public presentation in French on the topic of the senior thesis or paper. For minors, a 10 minute presentation at the same event. No credit. P/NC grading.
  

  • FREN199DRPO - French: Directed Readings

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    Directed Readings. Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.
  

  • FREN199IRPO - French: Independent Research

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    Independent Research or Creative Project. A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.

Gender and Women’s Studies
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • GFS118 PZ - Gender and Global Restructuring


    Credit: 1.0

    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
  
  
  

  • GWS026 PO - Introduction to Women’s Studies

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): K. Tompkins; C. Guzaitis
    Credit: 1

    Analyzes systemic and institutionalized forms of inequality and discrimination, production of sexual and gender difference historically and cross-culturally and articulations of gender with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality and colonialism. Embraces various feminist disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.
  

  • GWS170 PO - Disability Studies: Foundations, Intersections, & Future

    When Offered: Fall 2014.
    Instructor(s): H. Yapp
    Credit: 1

    This course provides an overview of the growing field of disability studies. The first part of the course will focus on the field’s foundations, analyzing the investments in the notion of disability from a variety of fields, approaches and definitions, such as the law, medicine and the arts. In particular, the intersectional dimensions of disability will be stressed, as the category has played a key role in the production and organization of gender, race, sexuality, class and religion. The second part of the course will give an introduction to some of the major directions and shifts within the field, such as the transgendered body & medicalization, invisible disabilities, transnationalism, animal studies, new materialisms and technology/media. Prerequisites: GWS 026 PO  or FGSS 036 SC .
  

  • GWS180 PO - Queer and Feminist Theories

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2014.
    Instructor(s): K. Tompkins
    Credit: 1

    This class provides an overview of recent critical work in the field of feminist and queer theory. It is a necessary course for both the GWS major and minor. Emphasis on intersections with critical race and transnational theory; materials will be drawn from a broad range of disciplines including anthropology, history, political philosophy, literature and others. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: GWS 026 PO . May be repeated twice for credit.
  

  • GWS181 PO - Feminisms in Community Engagement: Bridging Theory with Praxis Community Partnerships (CP)

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered fall 2013.
    Instructor(s): E. Runions
    Credit: 1

    Under supervision of a gender and women’s studies faculty member and in the context of a seminar of interdisciplinary readings, students work in a community setting. Students will take part in a writing workshop in the California Institute for Women (prison). Letter grade only. Prerequisite: GWS 026 PO .
  

  • GWS182 PO - Feminist and Queer Materialisms: Ecologies of Affect, Feeling and Sensation

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2014.
    Instructor(s): K. Tompkins
    Credit: 1

    This course will take up recent developments in political and cultural theory that engage the changing planetary and political landscape via an inquiry into the materiality of the world. We will read recent work in affect theory, object-oriented ontology and inquire into the conversation between old materialism (Marxism and class analysis) and new materialism (an interest that the physical life of the world has vital consequences for its human and animal inhabitants). Prerequisites: One other course in queer, feminist or media theory. Letter grade only.
  

  • GWS185 PO - Biopolitics: Sex, Capitalism, Affect

    When Offered: Spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): K. Tompkins
    Credit: 1

    This course will center on the writings of Michel Foucault as well as his interlocutors and successors to ask about the workings of power, discipline and control in the modern era. Emphasis on queer, feminist and critical race implications of these theories, however a majority of the class will take up the writings and lectures of Foucault. GWS 026 PO  and/or GWS 180 PO  strongly recommended as prerequisites, or other critical and political theory classes.
  

  • GWS186 PO - Theories of the Body

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): H. Yapp
    Credit: 1

    The body has been theorized, understood and controlled in a variety of ways by artists, theorists, politicians, governments and churches, amongst many others. This course will examine the multiple modes by which the body has been understood and imagined, drawing primarily from queer, feminist, disability and critical race scholars. In addition, we will explore the political implications of how the body is theorized. Rather than perpetuating a universalist understanding of the body as ahistorical or demanding an over-determined particularity around the body that neglects forms of relationality, we will seek to balance questions of bodily matter and experience with gestures towards relations to another, We will read scholars such as Hortense Spillers, Saba Mahmood, Michel Foucault, Susan Stryker, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Jean-Luc Nancy, Mel Chen, Bryan Turner and Gilles Deleuze. Prerequisites: GWS 026 PO  or FGSS 036 SC  and one upper-division course in GWS.
  

  • GWS187 PO - Critical Race Theory: Race, Gender, & the Law

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): H. Yapp
    Credit: 1

    The law has been a central force in managing, producing and maintaining populations based on race, gender, sexuality, class and disability. This course will not only trace the historical role of the law in such dynamics but also examine the growing body of scholarship that emerged during the latter quarter of the 20th century which sought to bring to light the role of the law in shaping power. We will situate the emergence of this scholarship, known as critical race theory, as it arose in relation to and against critical legal studies and liberal understandings of social difference. We will read influential works by scholars such as Kimberle Crenshaw, Cheryl Harris, Patricia Williams, Leti Volpp, Derrick Bell, Ian Haney-Lopez, Mari Matsuda and Charles Lawrence, amongst others. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: GWS 026 PO  or FGSS 036 SC .
  

  • GWS188 PO - Performance Studies & Queer of Color Interventions

    When Offered: Fall 2015.
    Instructor(s): K. Tompkins
    Credit: 1

    This class will provide an overview of the field of performance studies, with a specific focus on queer of color critique and its interventions within the field. By outlining some of the central debates, ranging from affect, (re)performance, art practice, movement and new media, we will then examine how recent queer of color discourse has challenged and rearranged some of the central tenets of the field. Prerequisites: GWS 026 PO  or FGSS 036 SC . May be repeated for credit.
  

  • GWS190 PO - Senior Seminar

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): E. Runions; M. Waller
    Credit: 1

    An overview and integration of work in gender and women’s studies through readings, student-led discussion and analysis of interdisciplinary issues. Guidance on research and writing the thesis. Throughout the semester, students also meet with the advisor in their discipline and/or department. Students turn in one thesis chapter at the end of the semester. Senior majors only.
  

  • GWS191 PO - Senior Thesis

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): P. Mahdavi
    Credit: 1

    Senior Thesis
  

  • GWS199DRPO - Gender/Women’s Studies: Directed Readings

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.
  

  • GWS199IRPO - Gender/Women’s Studies: Independent Research

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.
  

  • GWS199RAPO - Gender/Women’s Studies: Research Assistantship

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5

    Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.

Geology
  

  • GEOL020A PO - Intro to Geology: Geohazards

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2015.
    Instructor(s): JS. Lackey
    Credit: 1

    Environmental response to natural and anthropogenic forces may result in various geologic hazards, including earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, coastal erosion, floods and groundwater pollution. This course includes an introduction to basic geological concepts, with a focus on current hazardous regions, historical events, impact on humans and forecasting abilities. Field trips.
  

  • GEOL020B PO - Intro to Geology: Planetary Geology

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2015.
    Instructor(s): E. Grosfils
    Credit: 1

    Comparative study of Mars and Earth provides exciting opportunities to gain insight into physical geological processes. In this class, we explore how the operation of a similar array of geological processes (e.g., impact cratering, volcanic, tectonic, hydrological) can yield such strikingly beautiful yet mutually alien surfaces over the course of solar system history. Field trips.
  

  • GEOL020D PO - Paleontology/Evolution of the Earth’s Biosphere

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered spring 2014.
    Instructor(s): R. Gaines
    Credit: 1

    Life on Earth originated during changes on a young planet and Earth change has driven biological innovations and crises over the last four billion years. Likewise, evolving organic processes have dramatically changed Earth both physically and chemically. Topics include origins of life, evolutionary breakthroughs, mass extinctions, biogeochemical cycles and fundamental principles of geology and paleontology.
  

  • GEOL020E PO - Oceanography

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): M. Prokopenko
    Credit: 1

    Investigation of geological, physical, chemical and biological processes operating in the oceans. Topics include marine geology, plate tectonics, seawater chemistry, tides, currents, coastal processes, marine life and human interactions with the oceans. Field trips.
  

  • GEOL111A PO - Introduction to GIS

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): E. Grosfils
    Credit: 1

    Geospatial analysis of data obtained from numerous sources is a critical way to learn about the Earth’s environment, an example being the interplay between geological, biological, hydrological and human/social elements. Extensive hands-on learning of basic GIS techniques paves the way for a project in which students explore a complex (normally environmental) problem. Prerequisite: Area 4 course or permission of instructor.
  

  • GEOL112 PO - Remote Sensing of Earth’s Environment

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered fall 2014.
    Instructor(s): E. Grosfils
    Credit: 1

    Introduction to the collection, manipulation and interpretation of data collected by Earth-observing satellites. An understanding of basic physical principles, integrated with extensive hands-on work emphasizing digital analysis techniques, paves the way for a project in which students explore a complex environmental question. Prerequisites: Area 4 course or permission of instructor.
  

  • GEOL115 PO - Hydrogeology

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered spring 2014.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 1

    Introduction to groundwater geology. Includes the hydrologic cycle, surface and groundwater chemistry, geology of hydrologic systems and methods used for characterization of finite water resources, with special emphasis on problems inherent to Southern California. Field trip. Prerequisites: One course from GEOL020 series and MATH 030 PO .
  

  • GEOL120 PO - Introduction to Geochemistry

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2015.
    Instructor(s): M. Prokopenko
    Credit: 1

    The course provides an overview of the field of geochemistry while introducing the tools and theory to address modern geologic problems and to fingerprint past geochemical processes preserved in the rock record. Topics range from low-temperature aqueous systems to high-temperature igneous and metamorphic systems. Prerequisite: A course in the GEOL020 series.
  

  • GEOL123 PO - Neotectonics of Southern California with Laboratory

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 1

    Investigation of active Southern California tectonics, with emphasis on seismology (earthquakes) and paleoseismology, records of earth movement and tectonic geomorphology. Field trips. Prerequisite: One course from the GEOL020 series.
    This course has been revised for 2016-17.  
  

  • GEOL125 PO - Earth History with Lab

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): R. Gaines
    Credit: 1

    Earth system evolution through geologic time. Earth’s dynamic history is explored through examination of key intervals of change. Topics include origin of Earth, development of continents, origin and evolution of life, Earth crises and mass extinctions and climate change. Lab component emphasizes interpretation of geologic history from the rock record. Field trips. Prerequisite: One course from the GEOL020 series.
  

  • GEOL127 PO - Mineralogy with Laboratory

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): JS. Lackey
    Credit: 1

    Minerals are the building blocks of the solid Earth. The interrelation of chemical, structural and optical properties is emphasized for identifying minerals in the field and lab and understanding their geologic significance. The course makes use of optical and electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and computer visualization techniques. Field trips. Prerequisite: One course from the GEOL020 series.
  

  • GEOL131 PO - Physical Volcanology w/Laboratory

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): E. Grosfils
    Credit: 1

    A quantitatively grounded introduction to basic elements of physical volcanology, with emphasis upon understanding the mechanics of intrusive, effusive and explosive volcanic processes, their link to landform morphology and associated geohazards. Includes field trip(s) and lab section. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: MATH 030 PO  and one course from the GEOL020 PO series. Previously offered as GEOL121 PO.
  

  • GEOL152 PO - Climate Change

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered spring 2013.
    Instructor(s): R. Gaines
    Credit: 1

    An integrated perspective of Earth’s dynamic climate through time. Students will explore the linkages of physical, chemical, biological and geological factors which regulate the Earth’s intricate climate system. Special emphasis to be placed on the geologic record of Earth’s climate and evaluation of anthropogenic influences on climate. Prerequisite: GEOL 125 PO .
    This course has been revised for 2016-17.  
  

  • GEOL155 PO - Geophysics

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2016.
    Instructor(s): E. Grosfils
    Credit: 1

    Introduction to geophysical techniques and their application to geological investigation of the subsurface at a variety of scales. Computer applications, hands on field training and lecture provide insight into the principles of seismic, gravity, magnetic and other key geophysical methods. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: MATH 030 PO  and one of the following: GEOL 123 PO , GEOL 125 PO , GEOL 127 PO  or GEOL 131 PO . Previously offered as GEOL129 PO.
    This course has been revised for 2016-17.  
  

  • GEOL175 PO - Crustal Deformation and Tectonic Landscape Evolution

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): L. Reinen
    Credit: 1

    Integrating mapping, quantitative geomorphic analyses, and numerical modeling, students will gain insight into crustal deformation at local and regional scales and geomorphic expressions of tectonically derived features. Lectures, projects, field trip. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: One course from the GEOL 120 PO  series. Co-enrollment in GEOL 185 PO  recommended.
  

  • GEOL181 PO - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology w/Lab

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): JS. Lackey
    Credit: 1

    Igneous and metamorphic rocks and the processes by which they originate, are evaluated from thermodynamic, geochemical and petrographic perspectives. Topics include magma formation, diversification and crystallization, pressure-temperature-fluid histories of metamorphic rocks and petrofabric analysis. Emphasis is placed on how to recognize petrologic associations and relate them to tectonic setting. Includes field trips and lab section. Prerequisites: GEOL 127 PO , plus pre- or co-enrollment in GEOL 123 PO  or GEOL 125 PO  or GEOL 131 PO .
  

  • GEOL183 PO - Sedimentology with Laboratory

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): R. Gaines
    Credit: 1

    Origin and interpretation of sedimentary rocks with focus on interpretation of ancient depositional environments, sedimentary petrology and actualistic study. A major independent research project, conducted throughout the semester, is included. Field trips. Prerequisites: GEOL 125 PO  and GEOL 127 PO .
  

  • GEOL185 PO - Structural Geology with Laboratory

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): L. Reinen
    Credit: 1

    A study of the geometry and origin of rock structures from microscopic to continental scale. Topics include stress, strain, deformation mechanisms and the large-scale forces responsible for crustal deformation. Field trips. Prerequisites: GEOL 123 PO  plus pre- or co-enrollment in GEOL 125 PO , GEOL 127 PO , GEOL 131 PO , or GEOL 155 PO .
    This course has been revised for 2016-17.  
  

  • GEOL192 PO - Senior Project in Geology

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5

    Field-, laboratory- or library-based geological research to address an original question undertaken by arrangement with a faculty supervisor during the senior year. Students conducting field or laboratory research generally start their work in the summer prior to their senior year. Half-course each semester. Grade and credit awarded at the end of the second semester. (Students may complete the thesis in one semester by permission.) Letter grade only.
  

  • GEOL199DRPO - Geology: Directed Readings

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.
  

  • GEOL199IRPO - Geology: Independent Research

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.

German
  

  • GERM001 PO - Elementary German 1

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher; M. Katz
    Credit: 1

    Acquisition of basic oral communication, survey of German grammar, practice in reading and writing. Meets four days a week with instructor. Fifth hour with native speaker.
  

  • GERM002 PO - Elementary German 2

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher; P. Buchholz
    Credit: 1

    Acquisition of basic oral communication, survey of German grammar, practice in reading and writing. Meets four days a week with instructor. Fifth hour with native speaker. Prerequisite: GERM 001 PO  or Scripps equivalent.
  

  • GERM010 PO - Intensive Introduction to German Language and Culture

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): F. von Schwerin-High
    Credit: 1

    GERM 010 offers an intensive introduction to spoken German, to listening comprehension and to German literature, culture and society. For an additional half credit students may participate in an intensive grammar lab. Depending on the individual level of enrollment and participation; the course prepares students for a variety of follow-up courses (GERM 011 PO , GERM 002 PO , GERM 013 PO ) as well as for internship and study programs in Germany that are conducted primarily in English. Meets four hours a week with instructor. Fifth hour with native speaker. Letter grade only.
  

  • GERM011 PO - German Conversation, Intermediate

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): R. Bashaw
    Credit: 0.25

    Open to all students except native speakers. Credit for satisfactory participation in Oldenborg Center activities and two conversation classes weekly. Prerequisite: one year of college-level language study or equivalent. Cumulative, one-quarter course credit; graded P/NC. Does not satisfy the foreign language requirement. Limited to one enrollment per semester and a cumulative total of one course credit. Prerequisite: GERM 002 PO .
  

  • GERM013 PO - German Conversation, Advanced

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): R. Bashaw
    Credit: 0.25

    Open to all students except native speakers. Credit for satisfactory participation in Oldenborg Center activities and two conversation classes weekly. Prerequisite: two years of college-level language study or equivalent. Cumulative, one-quarter course credit; graded P/NC. Does not satisfy the foreign- language requirement. Limited to one enrollment per semester and a cumulative total of one course credit. Prerequisite: GERM 033 PO  or Scripps equivalent.
  

  • GERM033 PO - Intermediate German

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): F. von Schwerin-High; P. Buchholz
    Credit: 1

    Emphasis on developing reading ability. Extensive review of grammar; continuing acquisition of new vocabulary and conversational skills. Meets three days a week. Fourth hour with native speaker once a week. Prerequisite: GERM 002 PO  or Scripps equivalent.
  

  • GERM044 PO - Advanced German

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): M. Katz; F. von Schwerin-High
    Credit: 1

    Emphasis on correct, idiomatic writing. Essays every other week, oral work and grammar review. Meets two days a week. Small conversation groups with native speaker once a week. Prerequisite: GERM 033 PO  or Scripps equivalent.
  

  • GERM101 PO - Introduction to German Culture

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2016.
    Instructor(s): F. von Schwerin-High; P. Buchholz
    Credit: 1

    This course will introduce students to some of the most compelling issues and debates in German culture through fiction, criticism and philosophy, as well as film, the visual arts and music. The presentation of materials is exemplary rather than comprehensive and is based on thematic, historical, generic and other units. Prerequisite: GERM 044 PO  or Scripps equivalent.
  

  • GERM102 PO - Intro to German Literature

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): P. Buchholz; F. von Schwerin-High
    In tracing the figure of the artist from Romanticism to the Postmodern, attention will be given to the ideal of creative genius, in both its heroic and decadent modes or forms. Readings will include theoretical texts, reflections on art and the self and literary texts. Prerequisite: GERM 044 PO  or Scripps equivalent.
  

  • GERM103 PO - Intro to German Media and Film

    When Offered: Fall 2015.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 1

    Introduces students to some of the most compelling issues and debates in German culture through various forms of media, including films and television, music, advertising and the visual arts. The presentation of materials is exemplary rather than comprehensive; based on thematic, historical, generic and other units. Prerequisite: GERM 044 PO  or Scripps equivalent.
  

  • GERM104 PO - Composition and Creative Writing

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered spring 2015.
    Instructor(s): F. von Schwerin-High
    Credit: 1

    This course provides students with intensive practice in expository and critical creative writing , introducing them to German stylistics, the varieties of essay construction and general principles of short nonfiction and fiction writing. Students analyze, discuss, write about, emulate and produce a wide range of texts in different genres, thereby enhancing their writing skills as well as their reading, listening and speaking abilities. Prerequisites: GERM 044 PO  or Scripps equivalent.
  
  

  • GERM151 PO - Language at its Limits: German Poetry in Cultural Context

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2014.
    Instructor(s): F.von Schwerin-High
    Credit: 1

    Radically critiquing historical developments and envisioning alternatives, German lyric poetry has used formal and semantic experimentation to explore the limits of truth, beauty, meaning and the human experience. This course offers a survey of representative German lyric poetry with a particular emphasis on poetological innovations and their historical contexts in the twentieth century. Prerequisites: GERM 044 PO  or Scripps equivalent.
  

  • GERM152 PO - Drama as Experiment

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2014.
    Instructor(s): F. von Schwerin-High
    Credit: 1

    German dramatists from the Enlightenment to the 20th-century struggled to create possibilities for human dignity in a hostile universe. Beginning with Naturalism, they also delved into new topics: class struggle, sexuality and the problematic nature of human communication. In the process, traditional forms were undermined and the very notions of character, plot and dramatic performance were questioned. Prerequisite: GERM 044 PO .
  

  • GERM154 PO - Great German Fiction

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2013.
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher
    Credit: 1

    This course introduces students to some of the greatest works of 19th- and 20th-century German literature. Close readings of literary works by such authors as Kleist, Keller, Mann, Rilke, Kafka, Hesse, Böll, Frisch, Grass, Wolf and others is combined with key texts from the German intellectual tradition: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Adorno and others. Prerequisite: GERM 044 PO .
  

  • GERM189 PO - German Language Component

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5

    Integrates a German language component into German program courses taught in English. May also be taken without being enrolled in the main course. GERM 044 PO  or permission of the German instructor. Half-course credit. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • GERM191 PO - Senior Thesis in German

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    Prerequisite: permission of the student’s advisor and the coordinator. Course or half-course.
  

  • GERM193 PO - German Comprehensive Exams

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5

    Preparation for six-hour written and one-hour oral examinations for the major, testing the student’s general competence in the discipline. Half-course. Graded P/NC.
  

  • GERM199DRPO - German: Directed Readings

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.
  

  • GERM199IRPO - German: Independent Research

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.
  

  • GERM199RAPO - German: Research Assistantship

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5

    Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.

German Literature in Translation
  

  • GRMT014 PO - Adventures in German Syntax for Reading and Translation

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): F. von Schwerin-High
    Credit: 0.5

    Starting with simplified newspaper texts but building up to texts of increasing sophistication and specialization, this course introduces students to German syntax and grammar in context. Recognizing syntactical markers, students learn how to make sense of a variety of German texts with just the help of a dictionary. No prior knowledge of German required but appropriate for all levels of German proficiency. Taught in English.
  
  
  
  

  • GRMT124 PO - German 20th Century Through Film

    When Offered: Spring 2017.
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher
    Credit: 1

    This film course investigates the dichotomy of individuals in their society at crucial moments in German history. Uses film and criticism from the 1920s to the present. (German in Translation)
  
  

  • GRMT131 PO - Topics in Public German Discourse

    When Offered: Spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): F. von Schwerin-High
    Credit: 1

    Explores current and emerging topics regarding the German-speaking countries in the European and transatlantic context. Topics may range from media and communication to literature, commemoration and education to ecology, policy and globalism. Course provides an up-to-date and comprehensive yet focused inquiry into specific developments relevant for contemporary society. Prerequisite: GERM 044 PO  for GERM 131 PO ; none for GRMT131. Course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • GRMT162 PO - Rich, Pretty, Orderly - Swiss?

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2015.
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher
    Credit: 1

    What Makes Switzerland Tick. The doughnut hole of Europe - in the middle but largely unfamiliar. This cultural studies course fills the knowledge gap about Switzerland through a comprehensive account of the country’s role in the European and global cultural and political frameworks via (literary) texts, films, historical and economic sources and in-depth analysis of this successful multicultural country’s political system, its neutrality and significant international presence. (German in Translation)
  

  • GRMT170 PO - Culture of Nature: Green Movements

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered spring 2015.
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher
    Credit: 1

    Historical, cultural and political emergence of nature and green movements in their European and American contexts. Course traces their roots from Protestantism to Romanticism into the 21st-century global environmental crisis. Readings from history, politics, literature and the social sciences, with a special view to framing discourses and green aesthetics. (German in Translation)
  

  • GRMT199IRPO - German St: Indep Research

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    Independent Research or Creative Project. A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.
  

  • GRMT199RAPO - German St:Research Assistantship

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Research Assistantship. Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.

History
  

  • HIST010 PO - Ancient Mediterranean

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): B. Keim
    Credit: 1

    This course surveys the political and cultural histories of the Mediterranean world from 3000 B.C.E. to 400 C.E., from the rise of the earliest Ancient Near Eastern empires through the decline of the Roman Empire. There will be a strong emphasis on critical engagement with ancient sources in translation, from the Epic of Gilgamesh and Code of Hammurabi through Homer’s Iliad, the Histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, and Augustus’ Res Gestae. Special attention will be paid to ancient imperialism, the development of Greco-Roman historiography, and the many enduring legacies of these ancient Mediterranean cultures. (Core course, Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)
  

  • HIST011 PO - Medieval Mediterranean

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): K. Wolf
    Credit: 1

    A survey of Mediterranean history from the 1st through the 14th centuries, focusing on the close interaction among the Latin, Greek and Arabic worlds. Special attention will be paid to how Jewish, Christian and Muslims scholars processed the ancient Greek and Roman intellectual and political ideas. Letter grade only. (Core course, Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)
  

  • HIST012 PO - Saints and Society

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2017.
    Instructor(s): K. Wolf
    Credit: 1

    A history of the idea of Christian sanctity from the 1st to the 13th centuries. The readings, primarily saints’ lives, shed light on how Christian perfection as an idea evolved over the course of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages and how this evolution reflected fundamental changes in the social historical context over this same period. Letter grade only. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)
  

  • HIST014 PO - Medieval Europe and the World Outside

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2015.
    Instructor(s): K.Wolf
    Credit: 1

    A study of medieval European perceptions of Asia, Africa and the Americas as reflections of a distinctive medieval mindset. The readings include the Gesta Francorum account of the first crusade, John of Piano Carpini’s History of the Mongols, Zurara’s History of the Deeds of Guinea and Columbus’ log. Letter grade only. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)
  
  

  • HIST017 CH - Chicano/Latino History

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2014.
    Instructor(s): T. Summers Sandoval
    Credit: 1

    Survey introduction to Chicana/o and Latina/o historical experiences across the span of several centuries but focused on life in the United States. Analyzes migration and settlement; community and identity formation; and the roles of races, gender, class and sexuality in social and political histories. Letter grade only. (Core course, United States)
     

     

  

  • HIST017 PZ - History and Political Economy of Natural Resources


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
  

  • HIST020 PO - The United States from the Colonial Era to the Gilded Age

    When Offered: Spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): H. Wall
    Credit: 1

    Development of the United States from colonial times to the late 19th century, emphasizing the social, political and socioeconomic conflicts that shaped its development. (Core course, United States)
  
  

  • HIST021 PO - Dynamics of Power in the US

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): V. Silverman
    Credit: 1

    US history in the last 150 years has revolved around battles over equity in the economy, the control of government, the fighting of wars and the possibilities for social justice. This course introduces students to the study of these conflicts through an examination of power in politics, society and the economy. Students will learn key historical methods as they consider four crucial periods: The disappointing aftermath of the Civil War, the fight over corporate industrial capitalism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the triumph of the statist New Deal order in the 1930s and the return of inequality in the neoliberalism of recent decades. Because historical questions are informed by contemporary issues and debates, the class will also address current events that emerge from the way Americans settled these older conflicts. (Core Course: United States)
  

  • HIST025 CH - All Power to the People

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2015.
    Instructor(s): T. Summers Sandoval
    Credit: 1

    All Power to the People! Social Movements for Justice. A survey of 20th-century movements for change, with a focus on those created by and for communities of color. Examines issues of race, gender and class in U.S. society while investigating modern debates surrounding equity, equality and social justice. Letter grade only. (United States)
  

  • HIST028 CH - Revolutions, Uprisings, Coups, and Interventions in the Americas since 1910

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): M. Tinker Salas; V. Silverman
    Credit: 1

    Revolutions shook the world repeatedly over the course of the twentieth century. The ways that the great powers, particularly the United States, reacted to these momentous events have been central to making the modern world. Efforts to create new societies and power structures or reimpose elite rule have been met with wildly different from reactions from the United States and are key to understanding how our world came to be. From the Mexican Revolution in 1910 to the Honduran Coup 100 years later, this course traces political, social and economic upheavals and interventions that have determined the course of history.
  

  • HIST031 CH - Colonial Latin American History

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): A. Mayes
    Credit: 1

    Examines the rise of the Aztec and Incan empires; the Spanish conquest and settlement of the Americas; the evolution and consolidation of colonial institutions; the significance of race, gender and sexuality in shaping the culture of the colonial society from the perspectives of Indigenous, European and African peoples; and the settlement of Brazil and the impact of the Age of Revolution, especially the Haitian Revolution, on the process of independence. (Core course, Latin America and the Caribbean)
  

  • HIST032 CH - Latin America Since Independence

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): M. Tinker Salas
    Credit: 1

    The history of Latin America from 1820s to the present, including the complex process of national consolidation, the character of new societies, the integration of Latin American nations into the world market, the dilemma of mono-export economies, political alternatives to the traditional order and relations with the United States. (Core course, Latin America and the Caribbean)
  

  • HIST034 CH - Mexico; from Indigneous Societies to Modern State

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2015.
    Instructor(s): M.Tinker Salas
    Credit: 1

    The course traces Mexican history from pre-Columbian times to the present. It explores the character of indigenous societies, the nature of the encounter, the colonial legacy, the tumultuous nineteenth century, the Mexican Revolution, United States-Mexican relations, politics during the 20th century, immigration, the rise of social movements and the current drug war.
 

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